# Richmond School District

Richmond School District, officially the Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond), also known as SD38, is a school district based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The school board is governed by seven elected trustees, and serves the entire city of Richmond.
The district supports a hands on approach to learning that emphasizes students' actual skills rather than grades and standardized test performance.

## Schools

As of 2016, the district operates 38 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, and one alternative school.

### Elementary schools

Current Elementary Schools: :
| Name | Location | Grades | Notes |
| Anderson Elementary School | Brighouse | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Blair Elementary School | Thompson | k–7 | |
| Blundell Elementary School | Blundell | k–7 | |
| Bridge Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Brighouse Elementary School | Brighouse | k–7 | Montessori education offered |
| Byng Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | |
| Cook Elementary School | Brighouse | k–7 | |
| DeBeck Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| Diefenbaker Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | Late French Immersion Offered |
| Dixon Elementary School | Seafair | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Errington Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| Ferris Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| Garden City Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | Montessori education offered |
| General Currie Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| Gilmore Elementary School | Seafair | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Grauer Elementary School | Seafair | k–7 | |
| Hamilton Elementary School | Hamilton | k–7 | |
| Homma Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Kingswood Elementary School | Shellmont | k–7 | |
| Kidd Elementary School | Shellmont | k–7 | |
| Lee Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| Maple Lane Elementary School | Broadmoor | k–7 | |
| McKay Elementary School | Blundell | k–7 | |
| McKinney Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | Montessori education offered |
| McNeely Elementary School | East Cambie | k–7 | |
| Mitchell Elementary School | East Cambie | k–7 | Early French Immersion Offered |
| Quilchena Elementary School | Thompson | k–7 | |
| Spul'u'kwuks Elementary School | Thompson | k–7 | |
| Steves Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | Montessori education offered |
| Tait Elementary School | Bridgeport | k–7 | |
| Talmey Elementary School | Bridgeport | k–7 | |
| Thompson Elementary School | Thompson | k–7 | |
| Tomsett Elementary School | West Cambie | k–7 | |
| Westwind Elementary School | Steveston | k–7 | |
| Whiteside Elementary School | Shellmont | k–7 | Both Early and Late French Immersion Offered |
| Woodward Elementary School | Shellmont | k–7 | |
| Wowk Elementary School | Blundell | k–7 |

### Secondary schools

Prior to 1996, Richmond had separate Junior Secondary Schools (grades 8–10) and Senior Secondary Schools (grades 11–12). Starting in 1996, the district began a two-year merging process that changed all high schools to be Grades 8 to 12 inclusive.
Current Secondary Schools: :
| Name | Location | Grades | Notes |
| Burnett Secondary School | Thompson | 8–12 | |
| Cambie Secondary School | East Cambie | 8–12 | |
| Hugh Boyd Secondary School | Seafair | 8–12 | |
| MacNeill Secondary School | Brighouse | 8–12 | |
| McMath Secondary School | Steveston | 8–12 | French Immersion offered |
| McNair Secondary School | Shellmont | 8–12 | |
| McRoberts Secondary School | Broadmoor | 8–12 | French Immersion offered |
| Palmer Secondary School | Broadmoor | 8–12 | |
| Richmond Secondary School | Brighouse | 8–12 | |
| Steveston-London Secondary School | Blundell | 8–12 | |

### Alternate schools

Alternate Schools: :
| Name | Location | Notes |
| Richmond Virtual School | Online | |
| Station Stretch | Minoru | |

### Defunct Schools

Defunct Schools: :
| Name | Location | Grades Upon Closure | Year Closed | Notes |
| Sea Island Annex | Sea Island/Burkeville | k–3 | 2019 | Closed due to decreasing amount of students. |
| Steveston Secondary School | Steveston | 11–12 | 2007 | Aging infrastructure of building. |
| Alexander Kilgour Elementary School | Blundell | K-7 | 2003 | Declining enrolment and provincial financial restraints. And Renamed Ecole Des Navigateurs By Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique |
| Garden City Annex | Broadmoor | Unknown | 1966 (Probably) | Lack Of Enrolment And Replaced By Debeck Elementary |

## Board of Education

The Richmond Board of Education consists of seven school trustees. They are elected along with the mayor and councillors of Richmond in municipal elections.

### 2022–present

Elected in the 2022 municipal election
* Rob Belleza
* Ken Hamaguchi
* Heather Larson
* Donna Sargent
* Debbie Tablotney
* Alice Wong
* David Yang

### 2018–2022

Elected in the 2018 municipal election
* Norm Goldstein
* Ken Hamaguchi
* Heather Larson
* Richard Lee
* Sandra Nixon
* Donna Sargent
* Debbie Tablotney

### 2014–2018

Elected in the 2014 municipal election
* Ken Hamaguchi
* Jonathan Ho
* Sandra Nixon
* Donna Sargent
* Debbie Tablotney
* Alice Wong
* Eric Yung